This book contains an extensive collection of Sufi wisdom gathered from the greatest Sufi masters. These Sufi masters are known as the “awliya” [saints]. They serve Allâh and his creation while they are here on earth and from heaven. The author traveled around the globe for ten years gathering these teaching stories [“wisdom teachings”] from the Friends of Allâh who are known to the public and those who choose to remain hidden. The book also contains profound explorations and examples of the lives of the Ahlul Bayt (the five "Companions of the Mantle"): Muhammad Mustafa - The Seal of the Prophets (s.a.w.s.), Imam Ali Haydar ('Alahi Assalam), Lady Fatima tul Zehra ('Alaiha Assalam), Imam Hassan ('Alaihi Assalam), and Imam Hussain ('Alaihi Assalam), and the sixth. And finally, weaving through the book is a "book within a book" . . . a teaching tale about the "Hidden Prophet" Khezr (a.s.) who is known as the "Green Man of Sufism", a truly mysterious being who appears in the Holy Qur'an as well as numerous sacred tales passed down orally through the centuries, and told to the author personally, by some of the most renowned Sheikhs in the world. This masterwork contains 778 pages, more than 800 footnotes, plus bibliography, endnotes, and index. "Back in the 1950's and 60's they used to talk about 'Beat Zen' vs. 'Square Zen'. Laurence Galian's Sun at Midnight represents a kind of hip Islam, warmhearted and heretical, opposed to everything monolithic and dour in Islam. If such a thing as american sufism ever appears, this will be one of its holy books." - Peter Lamborn Wilson, author of "Sacred Drift: Essays on the Margins of Islam" "Finally, a bible {Quran} of Secrets revealed ... this book will literally blow your heart open, and therein take you on a journey of self-discovery. An excellent study for theologists!" - The Sun Rises "Galian's task is essentially one of rediscovering lost treasure. He rediscovers the Ahlul Bayt, he rediscovers the feminine at the heart of Islam, he rediscovers the Shadow and in doing so rediscovers what it is to be a real Sufi, Muslim, and Human." - Joseph Gelfer, "Ashé Journal"